An International
Remembrance Flame to raise awareness of the 75th
anniversary of the Ukrainian genocide known as Holodomor, or
extermination by famine, and to gain formal Canadian and international
recognition of this atrocity arrives in (Winnipeg on Sunday, April 20.)

The
Flame tour honors the estimated 10 million Ukrainian men, women and
children who were subjected to starvation and death in 1932 -33 by the
communist regime of Joseph Stalin as part of his effort to eradicate
Ukraine as a country

The Flame, visiting 33 countries, arrived in Canada from Australia
on April 18.

The
Canadian journey of the Flame entitled Keep the Flame Alive is being
organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in cooperation with the
Embassy of Ukraine. Events will honour the victims of this horrific
tragedy while ensuring that the story of the Holodomor is passed along
from generation to generation.

Keep
the Flame Alive will also launch a national campaign urging the
Canadian government to recognize the Holodomor as an act of genocide.

The Flame will be escorted throughout Canada by Holodomor survivor
and Toronto resident, 87-year-old Stefan Horlatsch.

The
International Holodomor Remembrance Flame will visit the following
Canadian centres: Winnipeg, Yorkton, Regina, Saskatoon, North
Battleford, Vegreville, Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, St. Catharines,
Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

International Holodomor Remembrance Flame in Canada

Stefan Horlatsch
— is a survivor of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, the Holodomor. He
will escort the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame across Canada
marking the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor. In cooperation with the
Ukrainian World Congress, Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Ukraine's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this torch will travel from Canada to 32
other countries, ending its journey in Ukraine.